AccessData News Articles

  • Law Practice Magazine: Digital Asset Abstract
    MAY 2012: Joan Feldman, editor, included FTK 4 for her story on effective E-Discovery…
  • Evidence Technology Magazine: Tool Kit: Computer Forensics Tools
    MAY 2012: Kristi Mayo, editor, included MPE + for their May/June computer forensic product feature…
  • AccessData to raise digital forensics awareness
    MAY 15, 2012: Digital investigations and litigation support company AccessData Group will take part in the SecureDubai conference to generate regional awareness about digital forensics and incident response technologies…
  • 21st Century Business About Advanced Cyber Security
    AccessData President and COO Brian Karney interviewed on 21st Century Business about advanced cyber security. Watch it now…
  • Evidence Magazine features MPE+
    MAY 2012: Evidence Magazine features Mobile Phone Examiner Plus in its May/June Mobile Device Forensics Tool Kit…
  • AccessData Planning E-Discovery Apps Integration
    MAY 9, 2012: AccessData during summer 2012 will continue expanding its e-discovery product lineup with bundled applications, cloud options, and data visualization software…
  • Silobreaker: AccessData Debuts New Version of MPE+ Software
    APRIL 20, 2012: The editorial staff posted the MPE+ Investigator news…
  • American Medical News: How to ensure a lost mobile device won’t cause a data breach
    MARCH 26, 2012: Pamela Dolan, reporter, ran a story on best ways to encrypt mobile devices and included Lee’s comments from her interview…
  • Dark Reading: John Sawyer, contributor, included FTK in his article about forensics and mobile app vulnerability research
    MARCH 30, 2012: Intro to a unique approach for vulnerability research on mobile apps using traditional PC forensic tools
  • Forensic Science: The editorial staff included MPE in their round up of forensic technology for examining cell phones
    APRIL 2012: Forensic exams of a cell phone is just what you would think if you watched the TV show CSI. It is using a cell phone as a source of information in a crime or other legal concern…
  • DFI News: Rebecca Waters, editor-in-chief, ran a feature on MPE Investigator
    APRIL 17, 2012: With support for more than 3,500 phones, MPE+ enables examiners to perform advanced mobile forensics analysis without having to purchase an overpriced suite of modules…
  • Network World: Products of the week 4.23.12
    APRIL 23, 2012: Ellen Messmer, security reporter, included MPE Investigator for this week’s Products of the Week section…
  • Something New Under The Sun
    APRIL 16, 2012: As regular readers know, one of my occasional pet peeves regards the lack of innovation in our field, especially in digital forensics. In this field we tend to see more of the same tired old tools with a few new capabilities…
  • Federal Public Defender Offices to Employ AccessData Summation
    MARCH 21, 2012: The Office of Defender Services, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, is deploying Summation’s e-discovery and litigation support software across all U.S. federal defender…
  • How to ensure a lost mobile device won’t cause a data breach
    MARCH 26, 2012: Physicians who own mobile devices should make the following assumption: If they lose a smartphone or tablet, someone is going to try to see what’s on it…
  • Introducing The "New" Summation
    MARCH 19, 2012: Modern litigation involves the review of all types of data during the discovery phase – including printed documents, transcripts and electronic records like email and MS Office documents…
  • Tech Insight: Getting The Picture With Data Visualization via Dark Reading
    FEBRUARY 18, 2012: Commercial forensic and incident response tools are also seeing new visualization features being added. Just this week, AccessData announced the availability of the “FTK Add-On: AccessData Visualization” to its forensic product FTK…
  • Uncovering Truths in the Digital Age via Police Magazine
    FEBRUARY 17, 2012: Advances in technology have made it possible for any officer, with minimal training, to retrieve digital evidence at the crime scene and utilize it for investigative purposes.
  • What's the 'Coolest' Product From LegalTech New York?
    FEBRUARY 6, 2012: Shortly after LegalTech New York, a colleague asked me about the “coolest” thing I saw at the show. Still suffering a bit from “product” shock, I could not recount anything that knocked my socks off after covering some of the new…
  • E-Discovery Software Leads the Charge to LegalTech New York via LTN
    JANUARY 27, 2012: Major players in the law technology field, including AccessData, Aderant, and Clearwell, all have new software that will be the talk of the LegalTech show in New York next week…
  • Further enhancing litigation support via KMWORLD
    JANUARY 27, 2012: AccessData has redesigned Summation, its Web-based document, electronic data and transcript review platform aimed at complementing and enriching the workflows of contemporary legal teams…
  • AccessData makes a move to retool Summation for 21st century e-discovery via 451 Research
    January 4, 2012: “For many years, electronic document review was a market consisting of lawyers and run by lawyers, and they pretty much used one of two e-discovery review products: Concordance or Summation. Times have changed…”
  • Old Smartphones Leave Tons Of Data For Digital Dumpster Divers via DARKREADING
    December, 2011: “…I buy a lot of recycled phones and there is tons of data still on them,” says Lee Reiber, director of mobile forensics for AccessData. “I’d guess if you went and grabbed 10 phones [from recycling companies], 60 percent of those are goi
  • What Data Lurks on Your Old Smartphone? via FOX NEWS
    December, 2011: “…Phone numbers, email account information and potentially embarrassing details are easily found on most devices, said Lee Reiber, director of mobile forensics for AccessData.”
  • SC Magazine 2011 Innovators via SC MAGAZINE
    December, 2011: “…true innovation is a tough beast to find, and the folks at AccessData seem to have found it.”
  • Balanced Cyber-Warfare Posture: The Shift Towards Integrated Response via MILITARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    December, 2011: Integrated, synchronized and effective should extend beyond people and processes to include the technology deployed in facilitating incident response…
  • CSI: Crime Scene iPhones Yield Forensic Evidence, Confusion About Data Handling via FAST COMPANY
    November, 2011: AccessData’s Director of Mobile Forensics, Lee Reiber, estimates that law enforcement professionals only acquire 10% of the data that’s relevant and available on iPhones and iPads, and similar devices, failing to harvest other important, d
  • SystemTrust, AccessData offer security solutions via VANGUARD
    August 3, 2011: SystemTrust, AccessData offer security solutions
  • COMPARE & CONTRAST E-Discovery Self-Collection Tools via LAW TECHNOLOGY NEWS
    August 1, 2011: COMPARE & CONTRAST E-Discovery Self-Collection Tools
  • AccessData Group to be Featured on “21st Century Business” via 21st CENTURY BUSINESS
    July 21, 2011: AccessData Group to be Featured on “21st Century Business”
  • Data Reduction Software Accelerates Computer Forensic Investigations via SEARCHSECURITY.COM
    JULY 5, 2011: Data Reduction Software Accelerates Computer Forensic Investigations…
  • The Truth Will Set You Free via KMWORLD
    MAY, 2011: The Truth Will Set You Free: Leveraging Forensic Technology to Achieve Intelligent Search
  • AccessData Releases Single-Server Summation Legal Review Platform via LTN-LAW TECHNOLOGY NEWS
    APRIL 8, 2011: AccessData, a manufacturer of digital investigations and litigation support software, released a new configuration for their Summation CaseVantage web-based legal review platform…
  • Mobile Phone Investigations: Best Practices via DFI NEWS
    MARCH, 2011: In many ways, the information found inside a phone is more important than a fingerprint in that it provides much more than identification. Using forensic software, digital investigators are able to see the call list, text messages, pictures,
  • Innovators 2010: The top security companies via SC MAGAZINE
    DECEMBER 01, 2010: SC Magazine names AccessData “SC Innovator 2010″ for forensics technology. See review on page 9.
  • AccessData begins Australian attack via IMAGE AND DATA MANAGER
    NOVEMBER 17, 2010: US firm AccessData is making a concerted push into the Australian ediscovery market, launching its new Sydney regional headquarters and announcing software support for the unique requirements of Australia’s Courts and litigation support
  • Forensics Out Of Reach For Most Small To Midsize Organizations via DARKREADING
    SEPTEMBER 8, 2010: A few vendors, such as AccessData, are working on making a midmarket forensics offering, as well with its free Helix 3 and Live Response tools used by law enforcement and government agencies…
  • AccessData further expands its forensics reach into mobile devices with MPE+ via THE 451 GROUP
    SEPTEMBER 3, 2010: The Mobile Phone Examiner Plus (MPE+), the product allows forensic analysts and incident responders to quickly discover and surgically extract forensic artifacts on suspect devices…
  • Review: Access Data Forensic Toolkit (FTK) Version 3 – Part 2 via SANS COMPUTER FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS AND INCIDENT RESPONSE
    AUGUST 10, 2010: I interact with a lot of folks who are building forensic capabilities within their organizations, often with a limited budget. With the new additions to FTK, I find myself recommending it more and more. For the typical forensic shop it re
  • Review: Access Data Forensic Toolkit (FTK) Version 3 – Part 1 via SANS COMPUTER FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS AND INCIDENT RESPONSE
    AUGUST 9, 2010: FTK v3 excels at facilitating keyword searches, graphics review, email archive parsing, compound file extraction, and has an excellent collection of built-in file viewers. I would put FTK at the top of my tool list for any of these activit
  • AccessData Forensic Toolkit v3.0 – SC MAGAZINE
    AUGUST 2, 2010: AccessData’s Forensic Toolkit (FTK) is a well-rounded, feature-rich application that is one of the best all-in-one forensic products available. The most notable addition to this newest version of FTK is the Remote Device Mounting Services
  • Interview with AccessData CEO, Tim Leehealey – IMAGE AND DATA MANAGER
    MAY 18, 2010: Tim LeeHealey is CEO of pioneering US forensic firm AccessData, which creates solutions that address criminal and internal investigations, ediscovery and information assurance. On a visit to Sydney to attend a seminar for forensic investigat
  • Researchers Find Bugs in Archive File Formats – PCWORLD
    APRIL 15, 2010: Researchers have found ways to hide malicious software in commonly used archival formats that went undetected until recently by most antivirus programs… gave a presentation at the Black Hat security conference on Thursday with Mario Vuks
  • MU to conduct research for AccessData – THE HERALD-DISPATCH
    FEBRUARY 14, 2010: Marshall students will conduct research on new browsers, instant messenger clients and other Internet-related applications. The results of this research will be incorporated into AccessData training and materials that will be delivered
  • Crack-proof Passwords – MONEYLIFE
    JANUARY 25, 2010: According to Eric Thompson, founder of AccessData (a technology forensics company that helps detect and investigate cases of fraudulent data access), most passwords follow a pattern…
  • Federal officers use video game console to catch child pornographers – SCRIPPS HOWARD FOUNDATION WIRE
    NOVEMBER 16, 2009: “You try brute force,” said Neil Condon, vice president of Public Sector for AccessData Corp., a software company that specializes in digital investigations. The company discovered the PS3′s ability…
  • PRTK Listed as One of 20 Most Innovative Products Over Last 20 Years – SC MAGAZINE
    NOVEMBER 6, 2009: Password recovery is… a critical security and system management task. PRTK is the top tool in our experience for accomplishing the task. And if you need more power,… Distributed Network Attack (DNA) tool marshals the power of unused
  • Surprise police get $8,000 Homeland Security grant – THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
    OCTOBER 29, 2009: The grant funds the AccessData’s Forensic Toolkit, which can break down computer file systems and allows users to search using keywords…
  • Fix Your Terrible, Insecure Passwords in Five Minutes – SLATE
    JULY 24, 2009: When it incorporates your computer’s Web history in its algorithm – all your ramblings on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere – Thompson’s software can come up with a list of passwords that is highly likely to include yours…
  • How to Build Your Own Digital Forensics Lab – for Cheap – CSO MAGAZINE
    JULY 22, 2009: For greater forensic capabilities vendors like Guidance and AccessData offer software solutions… Personally I recommend and use FTK 2.2 for its easy-to-use tools, high processing speed and excellent technical support team…
  • Dell launches Digital Forensics Service for Police – REUTERS
    JULY 7, 2009: Dell’s offering include data-storage gear maker EMC Corp (EMC.N), business-software maker Oracle Corp (ORCL.O), security-software maker Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) and privately held digital-forensics specialist AccessData…
  • Practical Forensics – SC MAGAZINE
    JULY 1, 2009: Nowadays, however, the term “forensics” is turning up in association with network IDS/IPS, discovery/intelligence/scanning, log management and other tools and processes…
  • Sleuthing Software Can Reassemble Deleted Photos – THE NEW YORK TIMES
    FEBRUARY 28, 2009: Now, new software is smart enough to find and reassemble fragmented digital photographs, even when the directions for locating them have been deleted…
  • AccessData may seek place on Guidance Software board – REUTERS
    NOVEMBER 4, 2008: Privately held AccessData Corp may try to nominate candidates of its choice to Guidance Software Inc’s board, after its $4.50-a-share buyout offer for the rival digital-investigation software developer was rejected…
  • Rules of Evidence – Digital Forensics Tools – CSO MAGAZINE
    JUNE 4, 2008: For Affiliated Computer Services, it was less expensive to purchase AD Enterprise than to hire outside help because the software enables the company to respond more quickly to requests…
  • Government’s Cyberinvestigators Look for a Little Help From Industry – GOVERNMENT COMPUTER NEWS
    FEBRUARY 28, 2007: AccessData Wins DC3 Challenge…
  • “Computer Forensics: Donning your Detectives Hat” – FEDERAL COMPUTER WEEK
    NOVEMBER 14, 2005: AccessData’s Forensics Toolkit allowed us to rapidly search text and images…
  • DNA Key to Decoding Human Factor – WASHINGTON POST
    MARCH 28, 2005: Secret Service’s Distributed Computing Project Aimed at Decoding Encrypted Evidence…
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